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landline telephone; fixed-line phone
A telephone connected by a physical line to a fixed location, as opposed to a mobile phone. Increasingly uncommon in Japanese households but still used in business settings.
固定電話はもう使っていない。
I don't use a landline anymore.
会社の固定電話に電話してください。
Please call the company's landline.
若い世代は固定電話を持たず、携帯だけで済ませることが多い。
Younger generations often get by with just a mobile phone, without having a landline.
Compound of 固定 (fixed) + 電話 (telephone). Contrasts with 携帯電話 (mobile phone) and スマホ (smartphone).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 固定電話の番号: landline number
- 固定電話を引く: to install a landline
- 固定電話を解約する: to cancel a landline
IN JAPAN:
Landline numbers start with area codes (e.g., 03 for 東京, 06 for 大阪). Ownership was once important for credit checks and official registrations, but mobile phones have largely replaced them.
ALTERNATE NAMES:
- 家電: home phone (colloquial abbreviation)
- 家の電話: house phone